2023-07-22 05:53:43
West Bank
A Palestinian was shot dead by Israeli forces
On Saturday, an 18-year-old Palestinian boy was killed near Nablus in the West Bank. He is the second Palestinian to be shot dead by the Israeli army on Friday.
Posted22 July 2023, 07:53
This incident comes amid heightened tensions in the West Bank.
Israeli forces on Friday evening killed a Palestinian man near the city of Nablus in Occupied West Bank, Palestinian officials announced on Saturday, the Israeli army referring to an “attempted ram attack”. Fawzi M., 18, “was killed by (Israeli) occupation bullets in the town of Sebastia,” near Nablus, the Palestinian health ministry said.
In a statement, the Israeli military described “an attempted car ramming attack,” adding that “(Israeli) forces responded by firing at the suspects in the vehicle, the driver was neutralized.” The army added that another “suspect” had been arrested.
Regain de tensions
The incident comes amid heightened tensions in the West Bank, following a series of Palestinian attacks on Israeli settlers and violence by Israeli settlers once morest Palestinians. Fawzi M. is the second Palestinian to be killed by Israeli forces in the West Bank on Friday. Mohammed A.17, was shot dead near the city of Ramallah, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health.
The Israeli border police said that “violent disturbances” had broken out, “during which suspects threw stones and explosives” once morest the Israeli forces, made up at that time of police and soldiers.
(AFP)
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